SOTU Roundup: Lileks
January 29th, 2003 - 12:50 am
You’ll read the whole thing anyway, but here’s the bit that stuck in my brain:
Then came the Foreign Affairs portion. Obligatory command to North Korea: down. Sit. Stay. (Pity we can
“Defeating Iraq isn
Right on, Dave. That’s what I posted on my weblog, too.
It’s the point that too many people–including just about every professional pundit–also keeps missing.
We aren’t going to get the Sauds, the Syrians, the Lebanese, etc. thugs really serious until we give them a reason to.
A few divisions in Bagdad and a dead Saddam Hussein gives them a reason to.
Dave,
I’ll second Dean’s “right-on”. You picked the perfect quote out of the Lileks piece.
I have a lengthy post on Dean’s comment’s section regarding this. Not sure if it’s proper blog etiquette to post the exact same comment on two different sites, so if you’re interested in what I REALLY think about it folllow his link.